Author: Alex Schadenberg

Editor’s note. This appeared on the blog of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition and is reposted with permission. Henk Reitsema wrote an insightful article that was published in The Times UK on February 23. Reitsema is responding to the campaign to legalize euthanasia in Scotland.  Reitsema comments on the expansion of euthanasia and the growth in acceptance of …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Last week I reported that Canada’s Senate passed Bill C-7, the bill to expand Canada’s Medical Aid in Dying (euthanasia) law, with dangerous amendments that further expands the law.  As bad as Bill C-7 was originally, the Senate passed five amendments to Bill C-7. The primary amendments were …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) On January 29, the Portuguese Parliament voted to legalize euthanasia. The bill  allows euthanasia for people who are not terminally ill but rather suffering from permanent injuries or a grave and incurable illness.  EPC responded by urging people to contact President Marcelo de Sousa and ask him to veto …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The National Post recently published an excellent article written by Barbara Kay titled “Wider access to assisted dying in Canada will be catastrophic for the disabled.” Kay was writing about Bill C-7, the bill to expand euthanasia in Canada, prior to its February 16th passage in Canada’s …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On Wednesday, Canada’s Senate overwhelmingly passed Bill C-7, the bill to expand Canada’s euthanasia law, with amendments “that would relax access even more than proposed by the government,” Joan Bryden with the Canadian Press reported. As bad as Bill C-7 was, the Senate amended the bill to …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. Just after we posted this story, Mr. Schadenberg reported that “Canada’s Senate passed Bill C-7, the bill to expand Canada’s euthanasia law, with amendments to further expand the law.” Possibly the best article ever written about Canada’s Bill C-7 and the push to expand MAiD (euthanasia …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. This is excerpted from a post that appeared on Mr. Schadenberg’s blog. Posted with permission. Joan Bryden is reported for the Canadian Press that Bill C-7, the bill to expand euthanasia in Canada, is scheduled to be voted on in the Senate on February 17. The date …